Consistency of the multi-model CMIP5/PMIP3-past1000 ensemble

Climate of the Past

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2471-2487

  Bothe, O ^a,b   Jungclaus, J H ^a   Zanchettin, D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA SET; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PARADIGM SHIFT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84887278749     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-9-2471-2013     Document Type: Article

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